The authors in the 39th Young Playwrights Festival, presented by Pegasus Theatre Chicago. From L: Sophia Ponce, Clark Tavas, Lola Zimmerman, and Ashley Snyder Credit: Joe Gallagher In a world filled ...

The new collaboration continues the theatre’s history of fostering up-and-coming New York City-based playwrights. As the city’s oldest Off-Broadway theatre, Cherry Lane has hosted early and ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Tom Stoppard, frequently hailed as the greatest British playwright of this generation, had both a remarkable life ...

LONDON (AP) — British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love” has died. He was 88. In a statement Saturday, United Agents said Stoppard ...

Tom Stoppard, a Czech-born British dramatist whose intellectually challenging and verbally dazzling works included some of the most acclaimed and oft-performed plays of the past half-century, has died ...

Everybody gets frustrated when web apps are broken, but testing them thoroughly doesn't need to be a chore. Playwright, a new open-source browser automation tool from Microsoft, makes testing web apps ...

SMYRNA, Ga. — Smyrna police are investigating the death of playwright Olivia Matthews, who was found dead after a fire in her apartment on Sept. 3. Authorities suspect Matthews suffered physical ...

A roundup of awards, grants, fellowships, and other recognitions. The late theatrical agent Helen Merrill created this fund in 1999 to help playwrights explore their unique visions without the burden ...

Orlando Shakes PlayFest is back after a too-long two-year hiatus, in partnership with UCF. This year’s showcase features five staged readings over two weekends. Over the years, the festival has ...

One of the beams supporting the vibrant theater scene here in South Florida is the number of local playwrights we have in the region. So it’s not entirely surprising that as the “season” starts ...